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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8122804 | Slicing guide device for preparing texture slices, texture slices preparing device, and method for preparing texture slices Provided are a cutting guide device for preparing a texture section, which can prepare a texture section manually with a cutting tool such as a pathological knife, in a uniform thickness and in a regular section with neither experience nor skill, a texture section p... | 02/28/2012 |
| 7908953 | Cutting tool attached to package for wound line A cutting tool for flexible line, the cutting tool being attached to the package for the flexible line, comprises a base member having a groove adapted to receive the flexible line when the cutting tool is in use and a blade recessed within the groove, the blade bei... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7392729 | Multi knife cutting device A manual multi knife cutting device for vegetables and other material of similar structure wherein: the knives are mounted directly in a base guide containing slots and fulcrum bolt for the knives, and an enclosure platform for the vegetables right next to the knife... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7343842 | Apparatus for cutting film tubing The invention relates to an apparatus for cutting film tubing in a machine for applying tubular labels to each of a series of containers that are transported on a conveyor. The film tubing is advanced incrementally through a ring gear and a bore in a platform on whi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7275469 | Planetary tubing cutter The planetary tubing cutter of the invention provides a gearing assembly having a pair of ring gears and a number of pinions with a blade affixed to each pinion. The ring gears are parallel to one another and are individually driven. The pinions are rotatably mounte... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7270041 | Paper cutting and trimming apparatus with replaceable, horizontally-oriented, decorative-edged cutting shears A device for cutting flat substances, such as paper, photographs and cardboard, adapted to provide a variety of decorative edged cuts. The cutting edges of the invention are arranged horizontally to enhance not only the quality and continuity of the decorative cuts,... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7231860 | Blade material cutting device A blade material cutting device has a stationary blade part with a pair of front and rear support faces which are separated from each other by a gap. A pair of opposed front and rear stationary edges are disposed in the pair of support faces. A movable blade part wh... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7140288 | Device for shaping a food product A method and cutting device makes incisions in an elongated food product, like a hot dog or sausage, to form a pattern or character after the product is cooked. One form of the cutter includes a hinged housing into which the food product is positioned. The housing i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124674 | Protective spool dispenser and cutter The present invention relates to a protective spool dispenser that is portable, efficient and convenient for dispensing line. The dispenser has four corner members and upper and lower sidebars, forming a box-like outer frame. A crossbar extends between two adjacent ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7121311 | Linerless label application assembly A label applicator for cutting labels to be applied to objects such as newspapers, letters, or flat mailpieces. The label applicator includes a movable blade and a fixed blade for cutting a label from label material fed through the label applicator. The fixed blade ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7080538 | Roofing panel notching, shearing, and hemming tool A notching, shearing, and hemming tool constructed with a table which receives the roofing panel, at least two notching devices (notchers), a pan shear pivotally mounted on the table, and a hemming tool pivotally mounted on the table. To prepare a finished end piece... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7051912 | Breaking apparatus Article breaking apparatus for mounting on an arm of a suitable vehicle, the apparatus having a pair of hydraulically operated jaws (12, 24), the first jaw (12) of the pair having first and second mutually perpendicular article supporting surfaces (... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7025240 | Apparatus and method for breaking rails An article breaking apparatus for being mounted on an arm of a vehicle, and including a first member having a first jaw on a first end thereof and a mounting attachment on a second end remote from the first jaw for permitting the apparatus to be mounted onto the veh... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7011008 | Power gear guillotine trimmer A device for cutting pieces of material comprising a base, a bridge assembly and a lever arm. The bridge assembly includes a gear assembly operatively connected to the base. The lever arm is coupled to the gear assembly, and a linking member is coupled to the gear a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6990879 | Drain line re-perforator device A drain line re-perforator device for punching holes in clogged drain pipe sections in a sewage disposal system is provided. The re-perforator device includes an outer cylindrically-shaped housing member and a dual-actuating ram assembly disposed concentrically with... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979153 | Deep-grooving insert having stepped cutting edge A deep-grooving chip-forming cutting insert includes a rear mounting portion, a front cutting portion, and a pair of side walls, each side wall extending along the front and rear portions. The front cutting portion includes a front end surface, a top surface, and a ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6976414 | Method and apparatus for trimming aluminum sheet A method and apparatus are provided for reducing or eliminating sliver formation during aluminum sheet trimming operations. By controlling parameters such as trimming angle and cutting blade clearance, aluminum sheet can be trimmed while substantially eliminating th... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6860184 | Film cutter A film cutter is provided for use in an industrial process in which a vertical blade and a horizontal blade interact. The vertical blade is mounted to move slidingly in a vertical plane and an end of the vertical blade rests upon the horizontal blade. The horizontal... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6789793 | Rotary signature transport device A signature transport device has a conveyor for moving a plurality of signatures in a first direction, and a rotary blade device having a first blade having an edge for lifting a first signature of the plurality of signatures from the conveyor, the edge being parall... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6672192 | Method of cutting insulation for a pipe elbow An insulation piece for joining with a similar piece to surround a pipe elbow of a larger diameter such as greater than 9 inches outside diameter is formed by cutting from a block of the insulation material. This is effected by providing an outer and an i... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6644160 | Vertical blind cutting and hole-punching apparatus A vertical blind cutting and hole-punching apparatus for repairing the slats of vertical blinds. The vertical blind cutting and hole-punching apparatus includes a slat support assembly including a board-like slat support member having a main wall with a b... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6595093 | Shingle cutting apparatus A portable apparatus for cutting roofing shingles at various angles comprises a rigid frame assembly, a first cutting blade affixed to the frame assembly, a cutting blade assembly comprising a blade-supporting arm pivotally attached to the frame and a sec... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6537050 | Underwater cutting granulating device In a knife used in an underwater cutting granulating device for cutting and granulating a fused resin extruded from a die to a water chamber by a cutter rotated in the state where the knife is opposed to the die, the knife of the cutter has a convex guide... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6527155 | Tablet splitting apparatus A manually operable tablet splitting apparatus, including a base having a frame mounted on an upper surface thereof and a disposable tablet-receiving tray, including a plurality of tablet shaped cavities for receiving and holding the tablets in position t... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520060 | Cut-off mechanism for elongate stock A cut-off mechanism for forming metal parts from elongate stock and the like includes a first jaw having a laterally inclined first cutting surface that extends between a sharpened leading edge and a trailing edge. A second jaw has a laterally inclined se... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6502490 | Melon slicer A device useful in slicing a melon is provided by the present invention. The device includes an elongated stand for holding the melon in a detachable cutting station with a cutting blade member and a movable butt plate that is adjustable to provide melon ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6474210 | Bagel slicer A slicing apparatus for slicing a food item having a flat bottomed base for placement upon a work surface; a bifurcated outer annulus attached to the base and extending perpendicularly upward from the base, the annulus having an arcuate slot formed on the... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6434909 | Roofing tool system and method A tool and a method for cutting and installing roofing shingles. The tool includes a base with a work surface and a cutter for cutting shingles placed on the work surface. The work surface include at least one limiting pedestals which includes an edge at ... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6227026 | Band-blade cutting tool and band-blade working apparatus The present invention relates to a band-blade cutting tool which is used for cutting a band blade that is a so-called Thomson blade, and also to a band-blade working apparatus having a function of cutting such a band blade into a predetermined shape and l... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6158314 | Method and apparatus for disabling and disposing of a single-use hypodermic syringe A method and an apparatus for disabling and disposing of a single-use hypodermic syringe from re-use by severing the syringe barrel above the syringe needle and collecting the severed portion of the barrel, including the syringe needle directly in an asso... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6122891 | Roofing tool system and method A tool and a method for cutting and installing roofing shingles. The tool includes a base with a work surface and a cutter for cutting shingles placed on the work surface. The work surface include at least one limiting pedestals which includes an edge at ... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6116129 | Tape end trimming apparatus A tape end trimming apparatus for appropriately cutting and shaping the ends of plural tapes of different widths without wasting the tape and without requiring replacement of the cutting blade is provided. The tape end trimming apparatus comprises cutting... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6112413 | Shingle severing device A shingle severing device includes a cutter pivotably secured to a work carrier. The work carrier mounts spaced blades and the cutter mounts spaced blades alignable with the work carrier blades. A shingle support and fences locate a conventional shingle. ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 5970685 | Cutting mechanism for a thermal--Shrinking film labeling machine A cutting mechanism installed in a thermal-shrinking film labeling machine around a cylindrical guide shaft and controlled to cut a tubular thermal-shrinking film being sleeved onto the cylindrical guide shaft, including an annular mounting plate fixedly ... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5927173 | Dispenser Apparatus for flexible duct connector A dispenser apparatus for holding, dispensing, and severing lengths of flexible duct connector material from side-by-side coils thereof includes a guide station and a cut-off station shiftable laterally of the apparatus and into alignment with a selected ... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5899133 | Frozen hamburger patty separator A frozen hamburger patty separator for separating a single hamburger patty from a frozen hamburger block including a U-shaped holding member having a bottom wall connected to front and rear walls for holding a frozen hamburger block in place. A U-shaped h... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5887505 | Office guillotine for cutting tabs An office guillotine, for making tabs on documents or intercalated sheets, includes a knife-blade articulated on a frame and having a curved opposite end to cut strips of a length smaller than that of the sheet thus creating a tab. The length of these str... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5816128 | Severing device A device for severing flexible polymeric tube, pipe, or tubular extrudate, such as flexible light pipe, reproducibly, cleanly, and safely is described. The device comprises a block with two specially aligned cylindrical devices for holding the pipe and a ... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5787781 | Shingle cutter A shingle cutter for cutting a substantially straight even edge on a shingle includes a base with a work surface for supporting the shingle during cutting. A blade with a substantially straight cutting edge and a handle is pivotally attached to the base. ... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5520079 | Terminal carrier chipper The invention relates to a terminal carrier chipper for chipping a terminal carrier that couples a plurality of terminals in concatenation during the process of fabricating a wire harness used in electrical circuits. The object of the invention is to prov... | 05/28/1996 |
